conservative

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsɜːvətɪv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈzɜːvətɪv/
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• General-American: /kənˈsɝvətɪv/
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Borrowed from Middle French conservatif, from Latin cōnservō (“to preserve”). Equivalent to conserve + -ative.

242 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُحَافِظ (muḥāfiẓ) — tending to resist change
• Armenian: պահպանողական (pahpanoġakan) — tending to resist change
• Azerbaijani: mühafizəkar — tending to resist change
• Belarusian: кансерваты́ўны (kansjervatýwny) — tending to resist change
• Belarusian: кансэрваты́ўны (kanservatýwny) — tending to resist change
• Bulgarian: консервативен (konservativen) — tending to resist change
• Catalan: conservador — tending to resist change
• Chinese Mandarin: 保守的 (bǎoshǒu de) — tending to resist change
• Czech: konzervativní — tending to resist change
• Danish: konservativ — tending to resist change
• Finnish: vanhoillinen — tending to resist change
• Finnish: konservatiivinen — tending to resist change
• French: conservateur — tending to resist change
• Galician: conservador — tending to resist change
• German: konservativ — tending to resist change
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — tending to resist change
• Hebrew: שמרני (shamrany) — tending to resist change
• Hindi: रूढ़िवादी (rūṛhivādī) — tending to resist change
• Indonesian: konservatif — tending to resist change
• Irish: coimeádach — tending to resist change
• Italian: conservatore — tending to resist change
• Japanese: 保守的な (hoshuteki na) — tending to resist change
• Kazakh: сақтанымпаз (saqtanympaz) — tending to resist change
• Korean: 보수적(保守的)인 (bosujeog-in) — tending to resist change
• Manx: freilltagh — tending to resist change
• Māori: arowheau — tending to resist change
• Persian: محافظهکار (mohâfeze-kâr) — tending to resist change
• Polish: konserwatywny — tending to resist change
• Polish: zachowawczy — tending to resist change
• Portuguese: conservador — tending to resist change
• Romanian: conservator — tending to resist change
• Russian: консервати́вный (konservatívnyj) — tending to resist change
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏нзерватӣван — tending to resist change
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍnzervatīvan — tending to resist change
• Slovak: konzervatívny — tending to resist change
• Spanish: conservador — tending to resist change
• Spanish: conservativo — tending to resist change
• Swedish: bakåtsträvande — tending to resist change
• Swedish: gammaldags — tending to resist change
• Swedish: konservativ — tending to resist change
• Thai: หัวโบราณ (hǔua-boo-raan) — tending to resist change
• Ukrainian: консервати́вний (konservatývnyj) — tending to resist change
• Vietnamese: bảo thủ — tending to resist change
• Bulgarian: умерен (umeren) — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Bulgarian: внимателен (vnimatelen) — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Finnish: varovainen — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Finnish: konservatiivinen — based on pessimistic assumptions
• French: prudent — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Greek: επιφυλακτικός (epifylaktikós) — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Greek: μετριοπαθής (metriopathís) — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Italian: prudente — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Korean: 비관적(悲觀的)인 (bigwanjeog-in) — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Portuguese: conservador — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Portuguese: prudente — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Romanian: conservator — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Romanian: precaut — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Romanian: prudent — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Russian: уме́ренный (umérennyj) — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Spanish: conservador — based on pessimistic assumptions
• Arabic: مُحَافِظ (muḥāfiẓ) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Armenian: պահպանողական (pahpanoġakan) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Azerbaijani: mühafizəkar — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Belarusian: кансерваты́ўны (kansjervatýwny) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Bulgarian: консервативен (konservativen) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Catalan: conservador — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Chinese Mandarin: 守舊 /守旧 (shǒujiù) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Chinese Mandarin: 保守 (bǎoshǒu) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Esperanto: konservativa — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Finnish: vanhoillinen — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Finnish: konservatiivinen — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• French: conservateur — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• German: konservativ — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Indonesian: konservatif — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Japanese: 保守的 (hoshuteki) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Japanese: コンサーバティブ (konsābatibu) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Korean: 보수적(保守的)인 (bosujeog-in) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Manx: cumaadagh — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Persian: محافظهکار (mohâfeze-kâr) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Polish: konserwatywny — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Portuguese: conservador — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Romanian: conservator — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Russian: консервати́вный (konservatívnyj) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Spanish: conservador — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Swedish: konservativ — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Ukrainian: консервати́вний (konservatývnyj) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Vietnamese: bảo thủ chủ nghĩa — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Yiddish: קאָנסערוואַטיוו (konservativ) — supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
• Bulgarian: републикански (republikanski) — US: relating to the Republican party
• Catalan: republicà — US: relating to the Republican party
• Finnish: republikaaninen — US: relating to the Republican party
• Greek: ρεπουμπλικανός (repoumplikanós) — US: relating to the Republican party
• Korean: 공화당(共和黨)의 (gonghwadang-ui) — US: relating to the Republican party
• Portuguese: republicano — US: relating to the Republican party
• Romanian: republican — US: relating to the Republican party
• Russian: республика́нский (respublikánskij) — US: relating to the Republican party
• Swedish: republikansk — US: relating to the Republican party
• Bulgarian: консервативен (konservativen) — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Catalan: conservador — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Finnish: konservatiivinen — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Korean: 보수당(保守黨)의 (bosudang-ui) — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Manx: cumaadagh — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Romanian: conservator — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Russian: консервати́вный (konservatívnyj) — UK: relating to the Conservative party
• Bulgarian: запазващ (zapazvašt) — physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity
• Bulgarian: за запазване (za zapazvane) — physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity
• Spanish: conservativo — physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity
• Finnish: konservatiivinen — linguistics: having few changes relative to an older form
• French: conservateur — linguistics: having few changes relative to an older form
• French: archaïque — linguistics: having few changes relative to an older form
• Polish: konserwatywny — linguistics: having few changes relative to an older form
• Bulgarian: консервативен (konservativen) — calculus: that is the gradient of a function
• Arabic: مُحَافِظ (muḥāfiẓ) — one who favors the status quo
• Armenian: պահպանողական (pahpanoġakan) — one who favors the status quo
• Azerbaijani: mühafizəkar — one who favors the status quo
• Belarusian: кансерва́тар (kansjervátar) — one who favors the status quo
• Belarusian: кансэрва́тар (kanservátar) — one who favors the status quo
• Bulgarian: консерватор (konservator) — one who favors the status quo
• Czech: konzervativec — one who favors the status quo
• Danish: konservativ — one who favors the status quo
• Dutch: conservatief — one who favors the status quo
• Finnish: vanhoillinen — one who favors the status quo
• Finnish: konservatiivi — one who favors the status quo
• Galician: conservador — one who favors the status quo
• Georgian: კონსერვატორი (ḳonservaṭori) — one who favors the status quo
• Georgian: რეაქციონერი (reakcioneri) — one who favors the status quo
• German: Konservativer — one who favors the status quo
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — one who favors the status quo
• Hebrew: שמרן (shamran) — one who favors the status quo
• Hebrew: שמרנית (shamranyt) — one who favors the status quo
• Hindi: रूढ़िवादी (rūṛhivādī) — one who favors the status quo
• Icelandic: íhaldssinni — one who favors the status quo
• Indonesian: konservatif — one who favors the status quo
• Ingrian: vanhameeliin — one who favors the status quo
• Irish: coimeádach — one who favors the status quo
• Italian: conservatore — one who favors the status quo
• Japanese: 保守派 (hoshuha) — one who favors the status quo
• Korean: 보수주의자 (bosujuuija) — one who favors the status quo
• Korean: 보수파 (bosupa) — one who favors the status quo
• Malay: konservatif — one who favors the status quo
• Manx: cumaadagh — one who favors the status quo
• Norman: consèrvateu — one who favors the status quo
• Norwegian Bokmål: konservativ — one who favors the status quo
• Polish: konserwatysta — one who favors the status quo
• Portuguese: conservador — one who favors the status quo
• Romanian: conservator — one who favors the status quo
• Romanian: conservatoare — one who favors the status quo
• Russian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — one who favors the status quo
• Spanish: conservador — one who favors the status quo
• Turkish: muhafazakâr — one who favors the status quo
• Ukrainian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — one who favors the status quo
• Armenian: պահպանողական (pahpanoġakan) — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Bulgarian: консерватор (konservator) — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Czech: konzervativec — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Czech: konzervativka — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Dutch: conservatief — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Finnish: konservatiivi — UK: member of the Conservative party
• French: conservateur — UK: member of the Conservative party
• French: conservatrice — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Georgian: კონსერვატორი (ḳonservaṭori) — UK: member of the Conservative party
• German: Konservativer — UK: member of the Conservative party
• German: Konservative — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Italian: conservatore — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Italian: conservatrice — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Manx: cumaadagh — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Norman: consèrvateu — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Norwegian Bokmål: konservativ — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Polish: konserwatysta — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Polish: konserwatystka — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Portuguese: conservador — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Portuguese: conservadora — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Romanian: conservator — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Romanian: conservatoare — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Russian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Russian: то́ри (tóri) — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Spanish: conservador — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Spanish: conservadora — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Swedish: konservativ — UK: member of the Conservative party
• Armenian: պահպանողական (pahpanoġakan) — fiscal conservative
• Bulgarian: консерватор (konservator) — fiscal conservative
• Finnish: vanhoillinen — fiscal conservative
• Finnish: konservatiivi — fiscal conservative
• Georgian: კონსერვატორი (ḳonservaṭori) — fiscal conservative
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — fiscal conservative
• Korean: 재정적 보수주의자 (jaejeongjeok bosujuuija) — fiscal conservative
• Manx: cumaadagh — fiscal conservative
• Polish: konserwatywny — fiscal conservative
• Russian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — fiscal conservative
• Armenian: պահպանողական (pahpanoġakan) — political conservative
• Azerbaijani: mühafizəkar — political conservative
• Belarusian: кансерва́тар (kansjervátar) — political conservative
• Chinese Mandarin: 保守派 (bǎoshǒupài) — political conservative
• Finnish: vanhoillinen — political conservative
• Finnish: konservatiivi — political conservative
• French: conservateur — political conservative
• French: conservatrice — political conservative
• Georgian: კონსერვატორი (ḳonservaṭori) — political conservative
• German: Konservativer — political conservative
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — political conservative
• Hebrew: שמרן (shamran) — political conservative
• Hebrew: שמרנית (shamranyt) — political conservative
• Hungarian: konzervatív — political conservative
• Irish: coimeádach — political conservative
• Irish: coimeádaí — political conservative
• Italian: conservatore — political conservative
• Italian: conservatrice — political conservative
• Japanese: 保守派 (hoshuha) — political conservative
• Korean: 보수주의자 (bosujuuija) — political conservative
• Korean: 보수파 (bosupa) — political conservative
• Malay: konservatif — political conservative
• Manx: cumaadagh — political conservative
• Polish: konserwatywny — political conservative
• Portuguese: conservador — political conservative
• Romanian: conservator — political conservative
• Romanian: conservatoare — political conservative
• Russian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — political conservative
• Spanish: conservador — political conservative
• Swedish: konservativ — political conservative
• Turkish: tutucu — political conservative
• Turkish: muhafazakâr — political conservative
• Turkish: konservatör — political conservative
• Ukrainian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — political conservative
• Armenian: պահպանողական (pahpanoġakan) — social conservative
• Azerbaijani: mühafizəkar — social conservative
• Bulgarian: консерватор (konservator) — social conservative
• Finnish: vanhoillinen — social conservative
• Finnish: konservatiivi — social conservative
• Georgian: კონსერვატორი (ḳonservaṭori) — social conservative
• Greek: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós) — social conservative
• Hebrew: שמרן (shamran) — social conservative
• Hebrew: שמרנית (shamranyt) — social conservative
• Hindi: रूढ़िवादी (rūṛhivādī) — social conservative
• Korean: 사회적 보수주의자 (sahoejeok bosujuuija) — social conservative
• Manx: cumaadagh — social conservative
• Russian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — social conservative
• Bulgarian: консерватор (konservator) — Canadian conservative
• Finnish: konservatiivi — Canadian conservative
• French: conservateur — Canadian conservative
• Manx: cumaadagh — Canadian conservative
• Russian: консерва́тор (konservátor) — Canadian conservative